Locum Consultant Anaesthetist

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A large acute hospital trust in England is seeking enthusiastic Anaesthetic Consultants with interests in Regional Anaesthesia and/or Major Surgery. This role involves providing high-quality patient care, participating in clinical governance, and engaging in the training of junior medical staff. The successful candidate will benefit from a dynamic work environment with opportunities for research and management development.

Qualifications

• Experience in one or more specialist areas: Trauma and orthopaedics, Regional anesthesia, Major cancer surgery.
• Evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of care to patients under clinical responsibility.
• Participate actively in departmental audits and governance activities.
• Assume responsibility for the management of junior medical staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Competence in trauma and orthopaedics

Knowledge of perioperative medicine

Education

MB BS (or equivalent)

Registered with GMC

On the specialist register or within 6 months of acquiring CCT

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

We require enthusiastic and dynamic Anaesthetic Consultants with special interest in Regional Anaesthesia and/or Major Surgery to join our Department of Anaesthetics in Theatres and Critical Care Directorate. Our two hospitals offer a varied scope of practice, with emergency and elective surgery split across the two sites. The Tunbridge Wells Hospital is the hub for emergency General surgery, Paediatrics, ENT, Lower GI, Bariatric surgery, Gynaecology, Obstetric services and Trauma surgery, while Ophthalmic, Urology, Upper GI, Breast and Gynae-oncology surgery is based at Maidstone Hospital. There are opportunities to develop personal interests in management, research, governance, perioperative medicine, long term vascular access and medical education within the new Kent medical school.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any patients referred to you and cared for by you personally or by members of your team.

Participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.

Work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust's patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the South East of England. The Trust provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 760,000 in South West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a wider population, including cancer services to around 2 million people in Kent, Medway and East Sussex. Around 140,000 new patients present each year to the A&E departments. It comprises two major hospitals: Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital, and Fordcombe Hospital, a smaller hospital located near Tunbridge Wells which provides NHS and private services.

The Trust's Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust Chair is Mrs Annette Doherty, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Sara Mumford. The Chief Operating Officer is Mr Sara Davis. The Clinical Director for Anaesthetics is Dr Helen Burdett and the General Managers are Joana Silva and Ms Erica Houghton.

Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is situated in an attractive part of the South East of England with good transport links to London and the Continent. We also have some of the finest schools in the country, in both state and private sectors.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.

To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.

To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision.

To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS (or equivalent)
• Registered with GMC
• On the specialist register, or within 6 months of acquiring CCT

Desirable

• ALS/APLS/ATLS or NLS provider or instructor
• Additional complimentary post graduate qualification
• Additional graduate or intercolated degree
• Associate fellowship FICM

Training & Experience

Essential

• Experience and documented competence in any one or more of the following specialist areas: Trauma and orthopaedics, Regional anaesthesia, Major cancer surgery, Perioperative medicine

Desirable

• Experience in awake block lists, breast blocks, continuous nerve block catheters
• Regional Anaesthesia qualification
• POETTS accreditation or further training in Perioperative Medicine

Audit

Essential

• Understand the principles of audit
• Evidence of participation and completion of audit projects

Desirable

• Completed and presented the audit loop in a number of audits

Research

Essential

• An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature

Desirable

• Evidence of personal research projects and their presentation
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Personal Skills

Essential

• Evidence of good communication skills

Other requirements

Essential

• Basic IT skills for the use of email, Microsoft Office, etc
• Driving Licence

Desirable

• Intermediate or advanced IT skills

Management

Essential

• Evidence of organisational ability

Desirable

• Attended a National Health Service Management Course appropriate to Consultant duties.

Employer details

Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Cross Site
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
ME16 9QQ

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